GRAB A BITE TO EAT

Meaning of GRAB A BITE TO EAT in English

eat a lunch or meal, have a bite

We were so busy we didn't have time to grab a bite to eat.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

GRAB A BITE TO EAT — eat a lunch or meal, have a bite We were so busy we didn't have time to grab a bite …
English Idioms vocab
GRAB — I. ˈgrab, -aa(ə)b verb ( grabbed ; grabbed ; grabbing ; grabs ) Etymology: obsolete Dutch or Low German grabben, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EAT
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BITE — I. ˈbīt, usu -d.+V verb ( bit ˈbit, usu -d.+V ; or dialect British bate ˈbāt ; or bote ˈbōt …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GRAB — grab 1 — grabbable , adj. /grab/ , v. , grabbed, grabbing , n. v.t. 1. to seize suddenly or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EAT
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BITE — — bitable, biteable , adj. /buyt/ , v. , bit, bitten or bit, biting , n. v.t. 1. to cut, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GRAB — I. ˈgrab verb ( grabbed ; grab·bing ) Etymology: obsolete Dutch or Low German grabben Date: circa 1581 transitive verb …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
EAT
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BITE — I. ˈbīt verb ( bit ˈbit ; bit·ten ˈbi-t ə n ; also bit ; bit·ing ˈbī-tiŋ) Etymology: Middle English, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GRAB — noun a sudden grasp or seizure. 2. grab ·noun a vessel used on the malabar coast, having two or three …
Webster English vocab
EAT — of eat. 2. eat ·vi to make one's way slowly. 3. eat ·vi to taste or relish; as, it eats …
Webster English vocab
BITE — v a cheat; a trick; a fraud. 2. bite ·v a sharper; one who cheats. 3. bite ·v a morsel; …
Webster English vocab
GRAB — [grab] vb grabbed ; grab.bing [obs. D or LG grabben] vt (ca. 1581) 1: to take or seize by or …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EAT — [eat] vb ate ; eat.en ; eat.ing [ME eten, fr. OE etan; akin to OHG ezzan to eat, L edere, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BITE — [bite] vb bit ; bit.ten also bit ; bit.ing [ME, fr. OE bitan; akin to OHG bizan to bite, L …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GRAB — grab BrE AmE ɡræb ▷ grabbed ɡræbd ▷ grabbing ˈɡræb ɪŋ ▷ grabs ɡræbz ▶ ˈ grab bag BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
GRAB — / græb; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( -bb- ) 1. grab sth (from sb/sth) to take or …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EAT — / iːt; NAmE / verb ( ate / et; NAmE ; especially NAmE eɪt/, eaten / ˈiːtn; NAmE /) 1. …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BITE — / baɪt; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( bit / bɪt; NAmE /, bit·ten / ˈbɪtn; NAmE /) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GRAB — I. grab 1 S2 W3 /ɡræb/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle grabbed , present participle grabbing …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
EAT — eat S1 W1 /iːt/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense ate /et, eɪt $ eɪt/, past participle eaten /ˈiːtn/) [ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BITE — I. bite 1 S2 /baɪt/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense bit /bɪt/, past participle bitten /ˈbɪtn/, present participle biting …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
EAT — v. (past ate; past part. eaten) 1 a tr. take into the mouth, chew, and swallow (food). b intr. consume …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BITE
Английский основной разговорный словарь
GRAB — v. & n. v. (grabbed, grabbing) 1 tr. a seize suddenly. b capture, arrest. 2 tr. take greedily or unfairly. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
EAT — v. (past ate; past part. eaten) 1 a tr. take into the mouth, chew, and swallow (food). b intr. consume …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BITE
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GRAB — v. & n. --v. (grabbed, grabbing) 1. tr. a seize suddenly. b capture, arrest. 2 tr. take greedily or unfairly. …
Oxford English vocab
EAT — v. (past ate; past part. eaten) 1. a tr. take into the mouth, chew, and swallow (food). b intr. consume …
Oxford English vocab
BITE
Oxford English vocab
GRAB — ( grabs, grabbing, grabbed) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EAT
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BITE — ( bites, biting, bit, bitten) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GRAB — (~s, ~bing, ~bed) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If you ~ …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
GRAB — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES catch/grab/seize etc hold of sth (= start holding something quickly and firmly ) ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
EAT
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BITE — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bit depressed British English spoken: ▪ I felt a bit depressed because I …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GRAB — [verb] -bb- - to take hold of (something or someone) suddenly and roughly; to take or have quicklyA mugger grabbed …
Cambridge English vocab
BITE — [verb] [past simple] bit, [past participle] bitten - to use your teeth to cut into somethingWhen her puppy bit me …
Cambridge English vocab
GRAB — Synonyms and related words : abduct, abduction, absorb, absorb the attention, annex, apprehend, apprehension, appropriate, arrest, arrest the thoughts, arrestation, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
EAT — Synonyms and related words : ablate, absorb, assimilate, bite, bleed white, break bread, burn up, canker, consume, corrode, count calories, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
EAT — v. Function: verb 1 to take in as food FF1C; they quickly ate a light breakfast FF1E; Synonyms: consume, devour, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
EAT — verb 1. to take in as food they quickly ate a light breakfast Synonyms: consume, devour, feed (on), ingest, meal, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
GRAB — I. noun Grab is used after these nouns: ↑ land II. verb ADVERB ▪ suddenly ▪ quickly VERB + GRAB …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
EAT — verb ADVERB ▪ well ▪ We ate very well most of the time (= had lots of nice food) . …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
BITE — I. noun 1 act of biting/amount of food VERB + BITE ▪ have , swallow , take PREPOSITION ▪ between …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
EAT — See ↑ EAT 1,2 ◆◆◆ • ↑ couldn't eat another thing • ↑ feel like something to eat/want something to …
Longman Activator English vocab
EAT — INDEX: 1. to eat 2. to have a meal 3. to eat a lot or too much 4. to eat …
Longman Activator English vocab
BITE — INDEX: 1. to bite something 2. to bite someone 3. a wound caused by an animal or insect biting you …
Longman Activator English vocab
BITE — See ↑ BITE 1,2,3, ↑ MEAL 10 ◆◆◆ • ↑ give sb a bite • ↑ grab something/a bite to …
Longman Activator English vocab
GRAB — n. 25B6; verb Dot grabbed his arm : SEIZE, grasp, snatch, take hold of, grip, clasp, clutch; take. (informal) I'll …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
BITE — n. 25B6; verb the dog bit his arm : SINK ONE'S TEETH INTO, chew, munch, crunch, champ, tear at. the …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
GRAB — 1. сущ. 1) а) внезапная попытка схватить; быстрое хватательное движение Syn : clutch, grasp 1., seizure б) захват; присвоение (часто …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
EAT — гл.; прош. вр. - ate, прич. прош. вр. - eaten 1) есть; поглощать, поедать to eat heartily, voraciously ≈ есть …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BITE — 1. сущ. 1) укус She took a bite of the apple. ≈ Она откусила от яблока. His bark is worse …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
GRAB — grab.ogg 1. græb n 1. быстрое хватательное движение; попытка схватить ( что-л. ) to make a grab at smth. - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
EAT — eat.ogg i:t v (ate; eaten) 1. есть, поедать: питаться to eat one's dinner - обедать, пообедать where shall we eat? …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BITE — bite.ogg 1. baıt n 1. 1> укус 2> рана или след от укуса the bite became infected - рана от …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
GRAB — 1) грейфер; захват, захватывающее приспособление; захватное устройство 2) мн. ч. лесн. захватные крюки 3) цел.-бум. черпак • - air-operated grab …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
GRAB — 1) грейфер; захват, захватывающее приспособление; захватное устройство 2) мн. ч. лесн. захватные крюки 3) цел.-бум. черпак • - air-operated grab - alligator grab - automatic grab - …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
GRAB — 1) черпак, грейфер || грейферный 2) самосхват; захватное устройство 3) геол. ловильный инструмент 4) подхват 5) подъёмный коготь 6) хватать; захватывать • - multijaw grab - oil-well drilliing …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
GRAB — внезапная попытка схватить; быстрое хватательное движение захват; присвоение; tech. экскаватор; ковш, черпак схватывать, хватать; пытаться схватить (at) захватывать; присваивать up …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger

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